Biopsy of penis 54100 at CHRISTUS Good Shepherd Medical Center - Longview

700 E Marshall Ave, Longview, TX · Christushealth · · NPI 1124092036

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jan 12, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

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Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

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Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$276.72 with United Healthcare vs $5,696.29 with Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
United Healthcare Star Kids KM $276.72
United Healthcare Star KM $276.72
Amerigroup Star KM $486.45
Superior Star Kids KM $486.45
Superior Chip KM $486.45
Superior Star KM $486.45
Molina Chip KM $510.77
Molina Healthspring Star Plus KM $510.77
Molina Star Plus KM $510.77
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $510.77
Cigna New Business $1,072.00
Healthcare Highways PPO $1,125.00
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $1,427.50
Humana MM $1,469.96
Wellcare MM $1,547.33
Christus Health Med Adv MM $1,547.33
Washington National Supp MM $1,547.33
Aetna MM $1,547.33
Triwest VA CCN MM $1,547.33
Blue Cross TX MM $1,547.33
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage MM $1,547.33
Triwest VA MM $1,547.33
Allwell Superior Medicare Advantage $1,547.33
United Healthcare MM $1,578.28
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $1,593.75
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $1,624.70
Amerigroup MM $1,671.12
Imperial Health Plan MM $1,702.06
ProCare Advantage MM $1,702.06
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $1,702.06
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $1,949.09
United Healthcare HIX $2,103.00
Cigna PPO $2,137.00
Christus Health HIX $2,166.26
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $3,094.66
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $3,994.27
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $4,666.84
United Healthcare All Payer $4,757.00
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $5,696.29
Aetna All Plans not published by hospital
HealthSmart Preferred not published by hospital
Phcs PPO not published by hospital
Humana Choicecare not published by hospital

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Biopsy of penis 54100 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,742.53 $71.00 – $4,113.80
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,670.23 $71.00 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,742.53 $85.00 – $4,113.80
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,742.53 $486.45 – $4,113.80
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $2,670.23 $71.00 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $2,742.53 $71.00 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $2,742.53 $71.00 – $4,113.80
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE Suite 100 $2,670.23 $71.00 – $4,016.35

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